The O4/DN9-FO OAH Sagitta is the artillery hoverdyne of the Order's Pax Dei. The artillery hoverdyne launches proton clusters with great blast radius. They are slow compared to other hoverdynes and cannot target airborne units.

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The O4/DN9-FO OAH or Sagitta is a mobile artillery hoverdyne armed with a ballistic Proton Particle Launcher. The Sagitta is relatively slow compared to other Order hoverdynes, yet it still moves faster than most Crayven terradynes. The Artillery hoverdyne is really fearsome when used in conjunction with stealthy forward observers.

A single gunner operates the weapon system launcher and it actually requires surprisingly little maintenance compared to other Order energy weapons, though greater care must be taken with its ordinance. The primary weapon, a BPPL-12 "Defiance" ejector, lobs overpacked and unstable proton particle clusters in a high ballistic arc towards the target. Upon impact, the Schröedinger repulsor field generators are disabled, creating an enormous energy discharge, resembling a miniature nuclear detonation. While the heat and energy of such an explosion is deadly in its own right, the sub-particle emissions of the blast cause electrons of atmospheric molecules in the surrounding atmosphere to be literally stripped off. This causes a powerful ionization field and wreaks havoc with all surrounding electronic equipment. The dissipation of this ionization field, however presents the most significant problem leading to recombination-independent photogeneration which emits enough energetic photons to literally reduce armor to molten slag. Infantry...do not survive a ground zero blast. The artillery hoverdyne is fitted with an internal fusion reactor that provides the launcher with the needed energy to maintain the Schröedinger repulsor fields on all ordinances.

The Sagitta requires tight protection from other hoverdynes, even though its Polysteel-20 shock plates keeps the chassis intact for prolonged firefights.